Highlights
- Experience the breadth of Iceland's incredible natural phenomena, including ancient volcanic rock formations, black pebble beaches, glacial lakes and geothermal lagoons.
- Take part in two incredible Exclusive Experiences – a home cooked dinner on a local farm and a relaxing dip in the wonderfully scenic Krauma thermal pools.
- Stay in the stylish Fosshotel for your Feature Stay, offering up priceless views of the surrounding landscape, modern comforts and an excellent restaurant that uses the freshest Icelandic produce.
- Travel with an experienced local leader who will explain geographic features, share stories of Iceland’s history and folklore and narrate your nightly sky watching with the science behind aurora borealis.
- Get the best chance at seeing the spectacular dancing lights of the aurora borealis in the northern sky.
- By travelling on this trip, you’ll directly support our Intrepid Foundation partner, Eden Reforestation Projects. Donations help them provide local employment opportunities and tackle climate change one tree at a time as they restore forests across 10 different countries.
What's this trip about?
Search the sky for dancing lights by night and discover natural wonders by day on this eight-day Premium adventure. Travel with a local leader who brings the landscape to life as you view the mighty Gullfoss waterfall, drive through hardened lava fields in Skaftafell National Park, see the eerily calm waters of the Glacier Lagoon and wander among Reynisdrangar’s imposing basalt sea stacks. Take in dramatic views from your Feature Stay hotel, enjoy included dinners of fresh produce, take part in amazing Exclusve Experiences and journey from Hvolsvollur to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in pursuit of mother nature’s most spectacular show.
Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeSmall Group - 24 max
Age rangeOperator does not provide
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityReykjavik
End CityReykjavik
Travel Themes
Trip includes
- Reykjavik - Welcome Dinner
- Complimentary Arrival Transfer
- Golden Circle - Thingvellir National Park, Strokkur Geysir & Gullfoss Waterfall
- Aurora Spotting (weather dependent)
- Skaftafell - National Park
- Aurora Spotting (weather dependent)
- South Coast - Laki Lava Fields
- South Coast - Reynisdrangar & Solheimajokull Glacier
- South Coast - Seljalandsfoss & Skogafoss Waterfalls
- Jokulsarlon - Glacier Lagoon
- Krauma - Geothermal Baths Visit
- Borgarfjordur - Hraunfossar & Barnafoss Waterfalls
- Borgarfjordur - Deildartunguhver Hot Spring
- Aurora Spotting (weather dependent)
- Reykjavik - Leader-led walking tour
- Aurora Spotting (weather dependent)
- Snaefellsnes Peninsula - Snaefellsjokull, Arnarstapi & Stykkisholmur
- Snaefellsnes Peninsula - Liston's Stone Carving Workshop
- Snaefellsnes Peninsula – Homemade Farmhouse Dinner
